Is there anyone who has been diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer.Im struggling with a lack of a solid treatment plan atm.Also this is causing me e treme extreme anxiety due to all the uncertainty.
Yes, my tumour was in the breast, skin, chestwall and lymph node (inflammatory MpTNBC). I didnt research anything (looked up the word metaplastic which scared the life out of me) and just followed the treatment plan offered - 6 months of chemo, mastectomy and lymph node removal, radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
Your treatment will be determined by your type of BC. My breast care nurse nurse has been amazing and reassuring - my locally advanced cancer was being treated to cure ( I kind of got a bit muddled up as the term advanced is used for stage 4).
I am still undergoing treatment but received a complete pathological response.
The waiting for treatment really is the worst and I am an anxious person and have been very needy, but I have been treated fantastically by everyone in the NHS
Sending my very best wishes to you
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Thank you for replying.I saw the word metastatic too and had a complete meltdown over it .
My lump is above the breast which I can see .Started targeted therapy in January in the hope it will shrink as it’s too near nerves atm .I am a complete emotional wreck but so glad to hear you got through your treatment successfully x
Hello, sorry you are going through this. In 2022 I found a lump above my collar bone which was a recurrence of bc. I think they called that locally advanced, but I try not to get too hung up on all the terminology. I was referred to the Head & Neck surgeons and they got it all out. I had chemo and rads, aimed at a cure, 3 years on I’m still “no evidence of disease“ and hoping to stay that way. It is all so scary for you now, but hang on to the positives and i hope you’ll be the same. XX
Thank you .I’m glad you’re well .